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Show OUR BEAVER LETTER. South Star well li Written Up." Its Forumiion The nines and I heir Developments. A PEOMISIKG DISTBICT. iCorrcpondt-nee of the Hkkald. SuaUXTIE, Oct. 1st, 1674. I hare now given South Star a pretty good tramp, and feel quite well acquainted with it. I have visited a large number of mines and find some very good ones. I find the mineral territory of this district to be about six miles' in length by three wide. Adjoining the valley on the east is some low foot hills of granite, in which are veins of gold andsilver quartz, some of it quite rich. West of thi j comes in a quarts mountain or hill running in a zigzag course to the westward in which are also some quartz veins. Next to this comes a limestone formation of different varieties, va-rieties, .in which belt or zone the principal mines of the district are I found. West of this again comes in j silicious rock of a transition variety, forming a great series of quartz, ! granite and porphyritic rocks. In this are also some veins, but none much developed. The mineral indications in-dications are strong in all. The mines are generally found in the lime-Btone lime-Btone formation, many of the most promising having a strong resemblance resemb-lance to the Mahogany Hill and other i Dry Canon mines. In fact that white limestone debris so common to Ma-j Ma-j hogany Hill is also common here, j while in many places the mines bear j strong resemblances to the Chicago, Hidden Treasure and other mines in I that vicinity, in their surfaoe indi-caiions, indi-caiions, iormation nd ores. Dolo-! Dolo-! mite, or "white limestone" as the boys call it, such as is common in the Cottonwoods, is also common here, j The mines are frequently found a , this or between this and a black or ' grey limestone or slate shales, the , dolomite generally being under. The belts or zones, of which I think there j are three distinct and large ones, ' run from south to north, and the i veins generally cut down at an angle i of about 60, striking to the northeast. north-east. To give an account of the mines I have visited, I will commence on the northwest corner of South Star and ge through them in order. ' The first is tho ' SAVAGE AXD HOOS1ER BOY LODES,' which are worked and owned by Shumer & Co., who have applied for patents. The two lodes are consolU dated at one, with three shafU in line on . vein. These shafts prove the existence oi a continuous vein and a Btrong one. The croppings of iron rock at the surface along a distance of several hundred feet also prove this, especially as this iron rock produces pro-duces galena and carbonates a few feat below the surface. One of these shafts is oversixtyjfeel deep; the other . two are over 100 'feet deep. The vein , has continued down with great regularity, regu-larity, and is now about three feet wide. , The ore is Iron ochre, galena and oarbouates and oxides of lead. A good smelting ore, of which from 500 to 600 tons have been produced, and its present workingisproducing about , five tons per day. . . - I THB -KLEPII AST MUTE ". is located down tho big gulch that 'divides South Star on the north, and about half a mile east of the Savage. This mine is owned by Cullen t!f Co., who have" worked it by an incline shaft and tunnel to connect. The' Bhaft is seventy-five feet deep; vein , about three feet wide, produces car-nate car-nate ores with a little galena. It i is a beautiful ore of good grade, some iruning as high as $200 per ton and ' over 50 per cent, lead. They are now ! taking out three to four tons per day and shipping t the smelter ; has ' produced from 200 to 300 tons . THE EMMA JANE is a good prospect, with a shaft about 'seventy-five feet deep, producing ores similar to the Savage, . j THE DUSOAlf MINE is & similar mine. Here I will remark re-mark of all mines that they appear at the surface by an out-crop of iron rock,- with a regular strike, which , iron rock produces carbonate and galena a few feet from the surface. There is but little, and need be no litigation about mines in Star, because of the regularity of the strike of all 1 veins and their perfect appearance at 1 the surface, and being so very easily 1 traced. They are not chimneys nor pipe veins as in the northern country. , THE ZEBRA MINE . is another similar vein, worked by a shaft and open cuts, displaying a good vein of smelting ore. j THE LEOPARD LODE is a similar mine, now going through some sort of a law suit at Beaver. Tne Connor, Southreu, Morse, Bing-', Bing-', ham, Poland and other mines on the north side of Moscow Hill, are all similar to those I havt) described and all good showings. , THE MARENGO MINE has a shaft about thirty feet, open cut twenty-five feet, drift forty feet, and much surface work. - Vein has produced considerable oro of a good grade. This is owned by Shumer, Smith (feCo., and is being vigorously worked. 1 THE UL BNINQ MOSCOW MINE and other claims consolidated on the same vein, present a continuous vein of great length, opened in many places by shafts, cuts and' inclines, the deepest shaft being about 200 feet, the deepest in the camp. It has a vein about four feet wide producing five tons per day, and has produced several hundred tons of good smelting ore. Here allow me to say that when they have sunk as deep on their mines here as they have in Ophir or Bingham, they will have some jolly big mines. 1 THE BOSTON MINE, owned by West, Walker fe Co., has a Eatent, and is a good vein, but is not eing worked, and hence I have not : much to say. THE BALTIMORE LODE fs producing some rich ore, and is s good vein, continues All the way down a sixty-foot shaft. i THE DOUQLA8 MINE is being lightly worked and presents a splendid prospect, much like some that have turned out So be bent mines . in Dry Canon. the sr. mary's and centenvial LODES present a wonderful mass of ochre and ore. At the St. Mary'sdiscovery the ore formations and all surroundings surround-ings are like tbe Queen of the Hill in Dry Canon. At the Centennial openings, of which there are several, there is a mass ot ochre with carbonate carbon-ate and galena ores interspersed all through, the extent of which raaso is nut yet known. Tnere must be a big mine there. The OOLCMBt'B AND SHAFT SO. 3, are openings that remind one of the early days of the Hidden Treasure mine in Ophir District. The work does not yet disclose the extent of ore or vein, but I feel confident it will equal anything on Treasure Hill. Tne Gen. Gates and Argenta iodes are very promising prospects, producing pro-ducing galena and carbonates; shafts from sixty to ICO feet. The Buckhorn and Antler lodes, and several others in the vicinity, are strong veins of iron ochre, carbonates and galena. The Mastodon, Coin, Missouri, and about a dozen other mines on the west side oi the divide in that vicinitv are all strong Teins, with iron rock croppings Btrongly marked on the surface, but turning to galena, cai-bonates cai-bonates and oxide ores a few feet from the surface. Here again I will remark the great similarity of the veins in this district, all having the strong iron cropping on a perfect strike and all disclosing continuous veins. Before closing I will add that I shall be at this place for some time, so that if any one wishes to address me let them direct to Shauntie, Star district, Beaver county, Spicer. |